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from: Ars Technica

Comcast shooting itself in the foot with traffic shaping "explanations"

By Eric Bangeman | Published: October 23, 2007 - 11:38PM CT

As the evidence that Comcast is doing something untoward with BitTorrent and other traffic on its network has mounted, the cable company has tried clumsily to fend off accusations of wrongdoing. The latest developments come in the wake of several conference calls held by the ISP in which it attempted to make a case for its practice of sending forged TCP reset packets to interfere with some P2P traffic.

from: Light Reading

Cable’s Secret Revenue Stream

October 18, 2007
By Michael Harris

Cable operators are always trolling the waters for new revenue streams. As penetration climbs, additional upside from basic IP phone and broadband Internet services diminishes. As MSOs seek new money makers, high-profile applications like mobile services and next-gen advertising are top of mind.

from: AP

Comcast Admits Delaying Some Traffic

From Associated Press, October 23, 2007
By Peter Svensson

Comcast Corp. on Tuesday acknowledged “delaying” some subscriber Internet traffic, but said any roadblocks it puts up are temporary and intended to improve surfing for other users.

from: CNET

Comcast to face lawsuits over BitTorrent filtering

Posted by Chris Soghoian
October 23, 2007 5:37 AM PDT

The blogosphere is abuzz over an Associated Press investigative article this past Friday on the subject of Comcast's BitTorrent filtering. Briefly, there were a number of articles in early September which alleged that Comcast was using some fairly sneaky techniques to throttle BitTorrent traffic on its network. Comcast, of course, denied any such behavior. It took a month and a half, but both a mainstream media news organization as well as the Electronic Frontier Foundation have tested and confirmed the previously reported claims. It turns out that Comcast is not only throttling BitTorrent, but Gnutella and, strangely, Lotus Notes are also suffering.

from: Wet Machine

Look! My Solution Found A Problem! Comcast Degrades BitTorrent Traffic Without Telling Users.

Harold Feld

O.K., free speech issues are always sexier. Nothing gets the public (or me) wound up like blocking NARAL or censoring Pearl Jam. But, as Ecclesiastes tells us: “Money answers all.” (10:19) At the very least, it tends to rivet people's attention without the distraction of whether or not you like the speaker or the message.

from: South Bend Tribune

Comcast Closing Public Access in Indiana Cities

October 18, 2007
By Tom Brown

By December, possibly sooner, public access television will go dark in Michiana. Comcast has quietly begun closing public access studios in Indiana.

from: Free Press

Comcast Stifles Future Video Competitor

From Free Press, October 19, 2007

Comcast, the nation’s largest cable company and second-largest Internet service provider, is actively interfering with its users’ ability to access legal content through content-sharing technologies like BitTorrent. The Associated Press calls Comcast’s interference “the most drastic example yet of data discrimination by a U.S. Internet service provider.”

from: MSNBC

Comcast blocks some Internet traffic
Tests confirm data discrimination by number 2 U.S. service provider

By Peter Svensson
The Associated Press
Updated: 9:36 a.m. ET Oct 19, 2007

NEW YORK - Comcast Corp. actively interferes with attempts by some of its high-speed Internet subscribers to share files online, a move that runs counter to the tradition of treating all types of Net traffic equally.

from: CNET

Secret manual shows Comcast (gasp!) protects customers' privacy
by Declan McCullagh

Comcast's confidential "Law Enforcement Handbook" was publicly disclosed on Monday.

It turns out to be a 35-page manual dated September 2007 for police and intelligence agencies to use when they're trying to extract information out of Comcast about subscribers. The company's Internet service, VoIP telephone service and cable TV service are all covered.

from: Chicago Business

AT&T ready to take on Comcast on TV

By John Pletz
Oct. 13, 2007

AT&T Inc. is laying the groundwork for an assault on Comcast Corp.'s local cable TV monopoly starting this spring, perhaps as soon as April.

Having cleared the legislative hurdles that stood in the way of offering TV here, AT&T is now sprucing up its network of roughly 65 local stores; hiring construction, engineering and call-center staffers, and building out the fiber-optic network needed to deliver its U-verse TV service.